rooted far from home

although he was a tattooed member of red sox nation and his team was currently down three to one in the playoffs he took some pleasure in the fact that the team from his former hometown and the city of his father’s and his son’s birth were heading to the world series for the first time in fifteen years.

he pulled off the connecticut highway and as he made his way down the exit ramp looked in his rear view mirror and saw a young girl probably a uconn student in a hoodie and philadelphia phillies cap in the old suv behind him. she was pumping her fist and smiling the biggest smile that he thinks he’s ever seen and he then realized that she had seen his philadelphia eagles license plate frame and when he made the right at the light that led him toward his office he noticed that she had a license plate from the keystone state and figured that she thinks that if he likes philadelphia football that he also likes philadelphia baseball. as he pulled into the place where he gets his morning coffee and she whirled past he gave her a thumbs-up and she yells wooo! and raises the roof out of the car window.

the excitement on her face from being able to connect with a seeming kindred spirit so far from home was beautiful and he thinks no he knows that he will live off of that smile and her joy for the rest of the day.